Space Trooper

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The four most common Space Troopers


Space Trooper a.k.a. Robot is a full body dispenser. See also Robot Body Parts.


Dispenser Information

Based on

Original PEZ creation

Variations

One of the earliest dispensers, the Space Trooper is one of only two full-body designs. "PEZ" is written on the back of the dispenser.

It was not a good seller and was only available at retail for about a year.[1] Space Troopers were sold loose, without packaging or candy. The production cost for the relatively-complicated design of the full-body dispensers was high compared to the earlier Regulars, and as such they were sold without candy. The dispenser was sold in a counter box which held 12 dispensers.

Advertising sheets for the Space Gun which was introduced the same year as the Space Trooper show various troopers "from 6 planets invading earth" and featured several promotional lines[2]:

  • Spacemen from Venus shoot PEZ Anise bullets
  • Spacemen from Mars shoot PEZ Lemon bullets
  • Spacemen from Jupiter shoot PEZ Lime bullets
  • Spacemen from Saturn shoot PEZ Cherry bullets
  • Spacemen from Uranus shoot PEZ Orange bullets
  • Spacemen from Neptune shoot PEZ Peppermint bullets

There is a very rare stand for the Space Trooper - an advertising piece created for the Ford Motor Company.

Years Produced

1956-1957

Feet

Molded into the design

Patents & Countries

Country of origin: Made in Austria

Stems

Red, light blue, dark blue, yellow

A very rare gold version exists, but was never produced in quantity for general sale [1]

An extremely rare thin version was also never released for general sale.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 David Welch, "Collecting PEZ". pg 104 Curt Allina interview
  2. David Welch, "Collecting PEZ". pg 102 Advertising image